Standard 3. List reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama and the impact of Europeans on trade, health, land expansion, and tribal reorganization of Native American populations in Alabama.
• Locating European settlements in early Alabama
• Explaining reasons for conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans in Alabama from 1519 to 1840
Examples: differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religious differences, cultural differences, broken treaties
• Identifying main causes, key people, and historical documents of the American Revolution and the new nation
Examples: main causes—taxation, lack of representation, distrust of centralized power;
key people—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin;
historical documents—Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States
• Naming social, political, and economic outcomes of the Creek Civil War and the Creek War in Alabama
Examples: social—adoption of European culture by Native Americans, opening of Alabama land for settlement;
political—breaking of power of Native Americans, labeling of Andrew Jackson as a hero and propelling him toward presidency;
economic—acquisition of tribal land in Alabama by the United States
• Identifying the impact of the Trail of Tears on Alabama’s Native Americans
Standard 3. List reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama and the impact of Europeans on trade, health, land expansion, and tribal reorganization of Native American populations in Alabama.
• Locating European settlements in early Alabama• Explaining reasons for conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans in Alabama from 1519 to 1840
Examples: differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religious differences, cultural differences, broken treaties
• Identifying main causes, key people, and historical documents of the American Revolution and the new nation
Examples: main causes—taxation, lack of representation, distrust of centralized power;
key people—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin;
historical documents—Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States
• Naming social, political, and economic outcomes of the Creek Civil War and the Creek War in Alabama
Examples: social—adoption of European culture by Native Americans, opening of Alabama land for settlement;
political—breaking of power of Native Americans, labeling of Andrew Jackson as a hero and propelling him toward presidency;
economic—acquisition of tribal land in Alabama by the United States
• Identifying the impact of the Trail of Tears on Alabama’s Native Americans